Wash-stand and commode or earth-closet



(No Model.)

A. D. ELWELL. WASH STAND AND GOMMODE 0R EARTH GLOSET.

No. 391,599. Patented Oct. 23, 1888.

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NrTED STATES PATENT AUSTIN D. ELWELL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

WASH-STAND AND COMMODE OR EARTH=CLOSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,599, dated October 23, 18818.

Application filed May 22, 1888. Serial No. 274,650. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AUSTIN D. ELWELL, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county ofPhiladelphia, State of Penn sylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wash-Stands and Commodes or Earth-Closets, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of a wash-stand which is so supported as to be in communication with a commode or earth-closet for directing the water from the wash-stand into the commode or earth-closet, the same being adapted to be moved from the commode or earth-closet when the latter is required for service, and is provided with an automatic-acting valve, all as will be hereinafter set forth.

Figures 1 and 2 represent perspective views of a wash-stand and commode or earth-closet embodying my invention, the washstand be-.

ing in respectively open and closed conditions. Fig. 3 represents a partial side view and partial vertical section of a detached portion.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a commode, and B represents the lid or cover thereof, the samehaving an opening,G, therein, the commode in other respects being of usual construction.

D representsa wash basin or bowl, which is secured to the shelf E, the latter being hinged to a frame, F, which rises from the back of the commode, said shelf being adapted to be swung laterally, as shown in Fig. 2. In order to strengthen the connection of the shelf with the frame F, the inner side of said shelf has attached to it a board or piece, G, which, when the basin is in position, Fig. 1, closes against the frame F.

Rising from the body of the commode, opposite to the side where the shelf is hinged to the frame F, is an arm rest and guard or screen, H, which serves to conceal the side of the basin when in closed position, as will be seen in Fig. l.

The hinges J, which support the basin and connected parts, are screwed to the piece G and to the frame F, above the commode. The

frame has a mirror, K, or in lieu thereof an ornamentation K, if so desired.

At the bottom of the bowl D is an upwardlyclosing valve, L, which is connected with a rock shaft. M, whose bearings are on a hanger or arm, M, which depends from the bowl or the support or shelf E thereof, said shaft having secured to it a weight or arm, M where the valve closes automatically and is held closed.

Rising from the lid B is a toe, L, which is so disposed that when the basin is in position over said lid the arm M rests on said toe, and thus holds the valve in open position, as shown in Fig. 3. The valve is shown closed in the dotted diagram aside of said figure.

Depending from the sides of the shelf are curtains N, which, as will be seen in Fig. 1, conceal certain sides of the top of the commode.

Supported on the frame F is a tank, P, with which communicates a pipe, Q, (shown in dotted lines, said pipe passing downwardly from the tank and having connected with its lower end a spigot or faucet, R, which is so located that when turned in the proper direction it will direct water into the basin D.

The operation is as follows: When service of the commode is required, the shelf is swung laterally, as in Fig. 2. The arm M now leaves the toe L, whereby the valve, under action of the weight or arm M quickly closes, so that any water in the bowl is prevented from dropping therefrom. When the shelf is returned to its first position, the arm 1V rides over and rests on the toe L, so that the valve is opened and the discharge opening or outlet at the bottom of the bowl is placedin communication with the opening 0 of the lid B. \Vater may now be turned on from the faucet and used for washing purposes, the same entering the basin and escaping therefrom through the opening 0 of the lid 13 into the bowl of the commode.

It will be seen that a convenient and serviceable device is presented, and the same is readily portable, combining a commode, washstand, and water-supply, as is evident.

I am aware that it is not new to construct a combined washstand and water-closet wherein the frame of the wash-bowl has a swinging motion and the valve controlling the outlet of the bowl is automatically opened-when the outlet of the bowl is brought over the opening of the watencloset lid; but I am not aware that the construction herein set forth and claimed is old.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A combined wash-stand and water-closet consisting of a water-closet with an opening in its lid or cover, and a toe rising from the top of said lid, and a swinging frame with bowl, the latter having an opening in its bottom provided with a valve closing upwardly and attached to a weighted rocking shaft, said parts being combined substantially as described.

2. The combination of the water-closet A and lid thereof, having an opening therein, the toe L, rising from said water-cl0set, the frame F, the swinging shelf E, with basin D, and hinged to said frame F, the hangers M, the rock-shaft M, having bearings in said hangers, the valve L, secured to said rock-shaft and closing upwardly, and the weighted arm M substantially as described.

3. A combined washstand and water-closet consisting of the watercloset A, with the opening 0 in the lid thereof, the guard H and the toe L, rising from the said water-closet, the frame F, the swinging shaft E, hinged to the frame F, the bowl D, the hanger M, with the rock-shaft M journaled therein, the valve L, closing upwardly, and the weighted arm M the said toe L being adapted to raise the said weighted arm 1/ and thereby open the outlet of the bowl when it coincides with the opening in the lid of the water-closet, said parts being combined substantially as described.

AUSTIN D. ELWELL. Witnesses:

J OI-IN A. WIEDERsHEIM, J NO. K. PLIT'r. 

